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Get started173 Bad Bargain Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in York (YO31 0LF). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in January 2019 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 22.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £600,000 in February 2023.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Two storey · Side and rear of property
Latest sale on 173 Bad Bargain Lane was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£641,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 26 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 26 years.
Floor Area for 173 Bad Bargain Lane runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,896
Street avg £3,548
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Stray Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
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Two storey side extension, two storey rear extension and single storey front extension after demolition of existing garage and rear extension.
10 February 2023Most recent
£600,000
+126.4%over 3 years30 May 2019
£265,000
+244.2%over 22 years11 October 1996
£77,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO31 0LF: £360,000 (2024–2019).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
YO31 0NZ
Closest school
0.4 km
Hempland Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB
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